Sewing-machine guide.



No. 820,523. PATBNTED MAY 15, 1906.

P. SANDLBR.

SEWING MACHINE GUIDE.

AYPLIOATION I'ILBD JULY 29, 1905.

, 3, the member 1 PHILIP SANDLER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SEWING-MACHINE GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15', 1906.

Application filed July 29,1905. Serial No. 271,825.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP SANDLER, a citizen of Russia, residing at LosAngeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Machine Guides, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a handy attachment forplacement on the bed- 7 late of a sewing-machine by which the work beingfed to the needle may be properly guided and at the same time be easilymoved out of the way in making the necessary turns and corners oftenrequired in sewing. I accomplish this object by means of the device described herein and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a perspective view of the fragment of a bed-plate of asewing-machine with my improved guide in place thereon. Fig. 2 is aperspective View of my improved guide in its closed position detachedfrom the machine. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the guide in its openposition. Fig. 4 is a plan of a fragment of my guide in place on thebed-plate of the machine, the main portion of the guide being thrownbackwardly out of the way, being the position in which the guide will bethrown to sew around a corner in the fabric upon which the work is beingdone.

In the drawings, A is the bed-plate of the sewing-machine, thepresser-foot and needle of the sewing-machine being shown, other partsof the machine being omitted as unnecessary to illustrate my device.

B is my improved guide. (Shown in Fig. 1 in place on the bed-plate inposition for use.) It is adjustably secured to the bed-plate by means ofthe thumb-screw C. A longitudinal slot B is provided in the guidetherefor. My guide comprises three members 1, 2-, and being the mainbody portion and carries on its inner end pivotally secured thereto, theinner end of the guide members 2 and 3, these members being pivoted onthe rivets 4 and 5. On the free end of these members are mounted theguides 6 and 7.

My guide being in place on the bed-plate of the machine and securedthereon by the thumb-screw C, as shown in Fig. 1, the work beingoperated on is fed to the needle in the usual manner. The guide 6 beingplaced with reference to the needle to give the proper distance of thestitch fromthe edge of the work, the work will be fed along thebed-plate in the usual manner. This guide will afford ample facility forproperly guiding the work when the sewing is done rapidly and willuniformly guide the work to the needle; but when a corner is approachedin the edge of the fabric being sewed it will be necessary that theguide 6 be moved out of the way, so that the needle can run into thecorner and keep the seam the proper distance from the edge of the fabricbeing sewed. To this end I have provided means to swing the guide 6around out of the way, leaving the guide 7 as a pivot, around which thework can be turned. This position of the work with reference to theneedle and the guide is shown in Fig. 4, the fabric operated on beingindicated by the numeral 9. In case the guide 7, which is used as pivotin Fig. 4, should be in the way and prevent the fabric from beingproperly guided to the needle, so as to run the seam around the properdistance from the edge of the fabric eing sewed, the guide 7 can bethrown backwardly out of the way, and thereby remove both members of theguide from interference with the sewing. This position of the members ofthe guide is shown in Fig. 3.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character herein described, a fabric-guide forsewing-machines, comprising a body member having a slot centrally andlongitudinally arranged therein; and two guide members pivotallyconnected to the body member at the rear end thereof, one on each side,both members projecting in front of said body member when closed uponthe same, one of said members having an upwardly-projecting stud formingthe front edge thereof, the other member having an upwardly-turnedflange forming the front edge of said member, said members being adaptedto be swung toward the body member 1n contact therewith.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 22d day of July, 1905.

PHILIP SANDLER.

Witnesses: W

HENRY T. HAZARD, EDMUND A. STRAUsE.

